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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 also fund a PAC

Companies don’t just donate — they hire lobbyists to push (or block) legislation. Federal law makes them disclose it. This ranks the companies and groups that spent the most lobbying Washington in 2025, drawn from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend is the company’s total for the year across everything they lobbied on (the law doesn’t break it down per bill). The ◆ PAC column shows what the same company’s political action committee gives to candidates — the ones doing both, spending to shape laws and funding the people who write them, are worth a closer look.

Filtered to Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
211Interstate Natural Gas Association Of America
DC
$1.5M
212Specialty Equipment Market Association
DC
$1.5M
213Global Electronics Association (Fka Ipc International)
DC
$1.4M
214Southern
DC
$5K$1.4M
215Apts Action
VA
$1.4M
216Workday
DC
$1.4M
217U.s. Bancorp (Formerly Filed As U.s. Bank)
DC
$30K$1.4M
218Northwind Trading $1.4M
219Nextnav
VA
$1.4M
220Shield Ai
VA
$1.4M
221Fertilizer Institute
VA
$1.4M
222American Gas Association
DC
$10K$1.4M
223American Psychological Association Services Inc.(Fka American Psychological Assn
DC
$1.4M
224Apollo Global Management
NY
$1.4M
225University Of Washington
DC
$1.3M
226Sherwin-williams
DC
$1.3M
227University Of Florida Board Of Trustees
FL
$1.3M
228Online Lenders Alliance
VA
$1.3M
229Woolpert
MT
$13K$1.3M
230Rio Tinto
DC
$1.3M
231Bloom Energy
CA
$1.3M
232Polaris Industries
MN
$1.3M
233Firstenergy
OH
$15K$1.3M
234Voyager Space
CO
$1.3M
235Ursa Major Technologies
CO
$1.3M
236Saildrone
CA
$1.3M
237Rolls-royce North America
VA
$1.3M
238Aar
IL
$1.3M
239Iron Mountain
DC
$1.3M
240Northwestern Univ
IL
$1.3M
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